Paul Crowley

'I didn't suggest taking sides...'

If you say so. It looked as though you did, though. You started your last post:

'It's a fair point to try and look at the view from the "other side".'

which implied to me:

a) you thought the article (and Paul) were trying to do just that

b) you saw this as a debate with only two sides. That is, indeed, how your first paragraph is worded.

I don't blame Paul for misreading you, under the circumstances.